A return to racing around a bend and a cleaner bill of health is expected to bring an improved performance from Eurack in a sprint race at Moonee Valley. Eurack suffered her first defeat when she beat two runners home in the final race of the Melbourne Cup carnival at… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Michael Costa has had nine winners in November and will produce potentially his best horse to start the new month at Doomben. Costa has established himself as a rising star of Queensland racing since moving north from Warwick Farm in Sydney 2-1/2 years ago. He has consistently… Read More »
Gary Moore says he wouldn’t dare repeat his famous sprint along the course proper straight if his horse Paquirri wins at Doomben. It would be an emotional win for the trainer as Paquirri will be the first runner he has had in the race named after his late father, the… Read More »
A fresh Smart Elissim gets the chance to showcase his Magic Millions Guineas credentials when he returns from a let-up at Moonee Valley. Big race ambitions during the spring carnival did not eventuate for Smart Elissim who had been in Sydney with a view to earning a crack at the… Read More »
Invincible Star can put a spring of discontent behind her and set herself on a Magic Millions Sprint path with a form turnaround in the Starlight Stakes at Rosehill. Lameness forced the speedy mare out of the Everest and then she had mixed results in a two-start Melbourne campaign, finishing… Read More »
Current Magic Millions Guineas favourite Graff will not be heading to the race after an announcement from trainer Kris Lees. Kris Lees took to twitter to announce that current $8 Magic Millions Guineas favourite Graff will not be targeting the race. Graff shared the top line of Magic Millions Guineas… Read More »
Boomsara will be kept to his own age group rather than tackle open company at Doomben even though it means taking on the high profile Zoustyle. Trainer Chris Munce had entered Boomsara in Saturday’s Group Three George Moore Stakes as well as the Winning Rupert Plate, both over 1200 metres…. Read More »
Former champion jockey Jim Cassidy got almost as big a thrill out of the win of Mr Monaco at Sandown as he did winning the Melbourne Cup. Cassidy shares in the ownership of the Richard Laming-trained four-year-old who won Wednesday’s Ladbrokes Handicap. In a career that included victories in Australia’s… Read More »
James McDonald is looking a safe proposition to win the Sydney jockeys’ premiership in his first full season of racing since a long ban. McDonald extended his lead in the 2018-19 title with a winning treble at a rain-soaked Warwick Farm meeting on Wednesday. His three winners, Re Edit, Semper… Read More »
One rider happy to see the back-end of the spring carnival is apprentice Ethan Brown. Rides dried up over the carnival for last season’s leading apprentice who also finished third behind Craig Williams and Damian Lane on the Melbourne jockeys’ premiership. The young rider was in sparkling form in the… Read More »
The little sister of defending Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Sunlight will not get the chance to emulate the flying filly in this season’s rich race at the Gold Coast. Trainer Tony McEvoy said while two-year-old Sisstar had the talent, at this early stage of her juvenile season she did… Read More »
Top jockey Damian Browne made a rare trip to the Gold Coast to put promising two-year-old Well Prepared on a Magic Millions trail. A multiple Group One-winning jockey, Browne is based at the Sunshine Coast and is notorious for not liking to make the three to four hours trip to… Read More »
Things did not pan out how Tony McEvoy had hoped with Mintha in the mare’s spring return but the trainer expects a more prominent showing from the four-year-old at Moonee Valley. Mintha resumed in the Summoned Stakes (1500m) at Sandown on November 17, her first start since winning the Rivette… Read More »
Our Century will be Kim Waugh’s sole runner at Rosehill on Saturday following a minor setback to Provincial Championship runner-up Newsfan. Newsfan had been entered for the meeting but wasn’t among the final acceptances after hurting her foot on Wednesday morning. “She’s just got a little bruise in her foot… Read More »
Pakenham trainer Tim Hughes hasn’t looked back since taking a punt on an untried racehorse. That galloper, For Pete’s Sake, broke through for his maiden win on Wednesday in the Ladbrokes Multiverse Plate at Sandown. Hughes parted with $1000 to buy the now four-year-old after the gelding was originally purchased… Read More »
For a mid-sized stable, Joe Pride will have a big presence at Rosehill on Saturday. Not only will the trainer saddle up seven runners across nine races, but four of them will contest feature events. “It’s the biggest team we’ve had at the races for a while,” Pride said. The… Read More »
Solar Star has produced front-running wins in her past two starts and connections are hoping the same scenario can play out when the filly heads back to Moonee Valley to race on an eight-day back-up. The Anthony Freedman-trained Solar Star found the front and held her rivals at bay at… Read More »
Queanbeyan trained Todd Blowes doesn’t have many in work, but he knows he has a good in the shape of Noble Boy, who will contest the TAB Highway (1200m) this Saturday at Rosehill. He has only had his trainers license for 12 months, but Blowes said his background goes back… Read More »
Two Adelaide-based trainers have had their disqualifications reduced on appeal by the South Australian Racing Appeals Tribunal. Training partners Niki O’Shea and Ashton Downing were each disqualified following a stewards’ inquiry on May 2. They were banned on conduct charges including the attempted raceday administration to two horses en route… Read More »
Queensland Racing Integrity Commission stewards will hold an inquiry into prohibited substances allegedly found in samples taken from three horses trained by Ben Currie. In a media statement a QRIC spokesperson said the alleged breaches related to Wicked Trilogy on December 2, Shikira on January 28 at Toowoomba and Karaharaga… Read More »
